Carlos Alberto Raffo (April 10, 1926 – September 18, 2013) was an
Argentine
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football
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striker who played international football for
Ecuador
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. He had health conditions and died at a Hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador at age of 87.
Club career
Born in
Buenos Aires
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, Raffo started his playing career with
Club Atlético Platense
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Although the club hosts many activities, Plat ...
in Argentina. In 1952 he moved to
Ecuador
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to play for
Argentina de Quito (now Deportivo Quito). In 1954 he joined
Emelec where he would play many seasons, scoring 132 goals. In his later years he played for
Everest
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and
9 de Octubre.
Raffo is considered to be one of the greatest goalscorers in the history of the Ecuadorian football, but the precise number of goals he scored will probably never be known, due to poor record keeping in the early 1950s.
International career
Raffo played international football for Ecuador between 1959 and 1963, he scored 10 goals in 13 games for his adoptive country.
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/ref> He was the top scorer in the Copa América
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in 1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
. He is the only Ecuador player ever to achieve this feat to date.
Honours
*Topscorer in Copa América
The Copa América ( en, America Cup) or CONMEBOL Copa América, known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship (''Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol'' in Spanish and ''Campeonato Sul-Americano de Futebol'' in Portuguese), is the t ...
in 1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
: 6 goals
*Topscorer in Campeonato Ecuatoriano 1963
References
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1926 births
2013 deaths
Footballers from Buenos Aires
Argentine emigrants to Ecuador
Association football forwards
Argentine footballers
Ecuadorian footballers
Ecuadorian Serie A players
Club Atlético Platense footballers
S.D. Quito footballers
C.S. Emelec footballers
C.D. Everest footballers
Expatriate footballers in Ecuador
Ecuador international footballers
C.D. Cuenca managers